..Our findings indicate conversions to for-profit status do not significantly impact HMO prices, profit margins, use of hospital days or ambulatory visits, and the provision of Medicare and Medicaid products...

..Finally, the dynamics of incentive change are considered, with a focus on describing the conditions under which physicians and physician organizations respond to incentive changes...

Trends in unionization of nursing homes

Aaron J SojournerDepartment of Human Resources and Industrial Relations, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, USAInquiry 47:331-42. 2010

..With new federal policy proposals aimed at substantially lowering the cost of organizing workers, policymakers will want to consider the potential impact of nursing home unionization on worker, patient, and market outcomes...

Competition, payers, and hospital quality

Gautam GozvrisankaranHealth Serv Res 38:1403-21. 2003

..To estimate the effects of competition for both Medicare and HMO patients on the quality decisions of hospitals in Southern California...